Fidelity Life's Sharecare wellbeing app is offering help to New Zealanders coping with the Covid-19 lockdown.

Westpac NZ suffered a 47% drop in cash earnings in the six months to March, and says Covid-19 will lead to loan impairments of $211 million. 

NZ Funds has appointed a new portfolio manager in its investment team.

Advisers have welcomed the Reserve Bank's decision to end loan-to-value ratio restrictions, but are divided on whether it will change lending behaviour.

The Financial Markets Authority has written to the Financial Services Council, Insurance Council and Health Funds Association, reminding them of an expectation about how they will treat their customers during the Covid-19 outbreak.

NZ Funds has opted not to submit information to Morningstar’s fund database, driven by concerns about a lack of ability to compare life stages funds appropriately.

COVID-19 is set to be with us for many months ahead, so the Insurance Council of New Zealand has answered some commonly asked questions for landlords…

Mortgage advisers continue to account for a growing share of home loans originated by the country's biggest bank, ANZ.

Covid-19 is pushing many advisers to use technology which should help their business in the long term, Asteron Life’s executive manager of life distribution says.

While growth funds took a hammering in the first quarter of this year, the category is still the best performer over the longer term, Morningstar’s latest KiwiSaver survey shows.

One final charge against financial adviser Barry Kloogh has been withdrawn, meaning he will be sentenced at the end of July.

The Reserve Bank has decided to remove loan to value ratio restrictions for 12 months in response to the Covid-19 crisis.

The Reserve Bank has decided to remove loan to value ratio restrictions for 12 months in response to the Covid-19 crisis.

A global pandemic should not prove to be a major hurdle for life insurers in this country, says the former chief executive of one of them.